Dissolver container having flanges at both ends to protect threaded hose couplings



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DISSOLVER CONTAINER HAVING FLANGES- AT BOTH ENDS Y TO PROTECT THREADEDHOSE COUPLINGS Filed Aug; '4, 1967 l 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 5,0 1 QM ATroRNEYAug 12, 1969 mssoLvER CONTAIN Filed Aug. 4, 1967 M M. MouLDER 3,460,562

R HAVING FLANGES AT BOTH ENDS A TO PROTECT THREADED HOSE COUPLINGS 5Sheets-Sheet 3 ATTORNEY United States Patent O 3,460,562 DISSOLVERCGNTAINER HAVING FLANGES AT BOTH ENDS T PROTECT THREADED HOSE CUIJPLINGSMorgan M. Moulder, White Bldg., Camdenton, Mo. 65020 Filed Aug. 4, 1967,Ser. No. 658,430 Int. Cl. B01f 1/00; A01c `23/00 U.S. Cl. 137-268 4Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE This application is aeontinuation-in-part of my copending application Ser. No. 360,380, filedApr. 16, 1964.

This invention relates to a container adapted for connection with anordinary garden hose. More particularly the invention relates to acontainer provided with watersoluble descrete particles such asfertilizers, disinfectants, insecticides, weed and crabgrass killers,etc. for application on lawns and gardens when the container isinterposed between the hose and the nozzle and passage of watertherethrough causes dissolution of the discrete particles and sprayingof the resulting solution onto the grass or vegetation to be treated.

Spray devices of this general description have been known but thepresent invention embodies certain novel concepts which are advantageousand which provide a container commercially more attractive. Thecontainer according to the instant invention can be made inexpensivelyfor single or repeated use with or without the water-soluble discreteparticle treatment material pre-installed in it. Further, 4the instantinvention because of its novel construction provides a container whichcan more easily be shipped, stored and displayed than other devices ofthe same general description, thus effecting substantial savings in thecost thereof to the ultimate consumer.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide acontainer which is easily transportable and storable.

Another object of the invention is to provide a reusable or disposablecylindrical container containing a perforated tube axially disposed withthe container which provides an annular chamber to hold water-solublediscrete particle treatment material.

A further object of this invention is to provide a container thatcomprises generally a cylindrical body member provided with a concentricaxially disposed perforated tube in alignment and in communication withan inlet and outlet means, the body member with the tube providing anannular chamber to retain water-soluble discrete particle treatmentmaterial and the body member comprising a forward and rearward portionwhich can alternatively be removably or fixedly attached to provide areusable or disposable unit, respectively.

Still further objects, advantages and novel features of this inventionwill become apparent in the following description and claims, taken withthe accompanying drawings wherein:

3,460,562 Patented Aug. 12, 1069 ICC FIGURE l is a perspective view ofone embodiment of the instant invention;

FIGURE 2 is a cross-sectional View of the container taken on line 2-2 ofFIGURE l;

FIGURE 3 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the invention;

FIGURE 4 is a cross-sectional view of the container taken along line 4-4of FIGURE 3;

FIGURE 5 is a perspective of yet another embodiment of the invention;

FIGURE 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 6-6 of FIGURE 5;

FIGURE 7 is a perspective View of still another container made`according to the invention;

FIGURE 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 8S of FIGURE 7.

FIGURE 9 is a perspective view of yet another container made inaccordance with the present invention;

FIGURE 10 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 10-10 of FIGURE9; and

FIGURE 1l is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 11--11 ofFIGURE 10.

As illustrated in these figures, the reference numeral 10 designates thebody member of the container which as shown can have any desired shapein cross-section, for instance, circular or rectangular. The body member10 generally is provided with a forward portion 12 and a rearwardportion 14. The forward portion 12 comprises a plate 16 transverse tothe longitudinal axis of the body member 10 and provided with a radiallyouter inwardly extending llange 18, a radially outer outwardly extendingcircumferential flange 20 and a radially inner outwardly extending inlet22 concentric with said circumferential flange 20, said inlet providingcoupling means for the device with a hose. The rearward portion 14comprises plate 24 disposed transversely to the longitudinal axis of thebody member 10 and provided with a radially outer inwardly extendingflange 26, a radially outer outwardly extending circumferential flange28 and a radially inner outwardly extending outlet means 30 concentricwith said circumferential flange 28, said outlet also providing couplingmeans with a hose.

In one embodiment the flange 18 of the forward portion 12 can beinternally threaded to removably receive an externally threaded flange26 of rearward portion 14 to provide a reusable container. In anotherembodiment the ilange 18 of forward portion 12 can be provided withother conventional securing means such as slot means 32 to removablyengage tab means 34 provided on flange 26 of rearward portion 14 of thebody member 10 as shown in FIGURES 5 and 6.

In yet another embodiment, the llange 26 of the rearward portion 14 canbe provided with a shoulder 36 complemental to a radially outer inwardlydirected flange 18 of the forward portion 12. Thereafter the rearwardand forward portions can be fixedly attached to each other, as byspin-welding, heat-sealing or any other conventional means.

The rearward and forward portions of the body member when in cooperativeengagement with each other provide a chamber 38 in communication withinlet means 22 and outlet means 30. Axially aligned within chamber 3Sis, preferably, a perforated tube or screen 40 to provide an annularchamber 42. In one embodiment the tube 40 is supported by spider-shapedbrace or bracket means 44 adjacent the inlet means 22. Similar supportmeans can be provided adjacent the outlet means 30. The perforated tubeor screen 40 can alternatively 'be maintained in axial alignment withinlet and outlet means by an axially inner inwardly directed flangemeans 46 and i3 integral with plates 16 and 24 respectively, as bestshown in FIGURE 2.

However, as a modification of the container shown in FIGURE 2, as shownin FIGURE 6, the forward inlet portion l2 can comprise a plate 50transverse to the longitudinal axis of the body member l and integrallyprovided with a radially inner inwardly extending inlet means 52comprising internally threaded coupling means 74 and frustoconicalterminal portion 56 which is internally flanged as shown at 58 toprovide a shoulder 60 to support perforated tube or screen 4t). Thesupport means for perforated tube or screen 40 provided adjacent theoutlet means 30 can be essentially that described above, i.e., aspider-shaped brace or bracket means 44 or an axially inner inwardlydirected flange means 43 integral with plate 24 as shown in FIGURE 2.

In yet another embodiment, as best shown in FIGURE 4, the perforatedtube or screen 40 can be made integral with the plate 24 adjacent theoutlet means 30. In this embodiment, no support means are necessarysince the terminal portion of the tube 40 is in abutting relationshipwith the plate 16 of the forward portion l2 which is fixedly attached tothe rearward portion 14 to provide a disposable unit. In this embodimentthe radially inwardly extending flange 26 together with theconcentrically disposed tube 40 form annular chamber 54 which isprovided, prior to xedly attaching the forward and rearward portion,with water-soluble discrete particle treatment material,

A further embodiment of the invention is shown in FIGURES 7 and 8wherein the perforated tube or screen 40 can be eliminated, if desired.In this instance, the water-soluble treatment material is in the form ofa hollow cylinder and is supported in place by the radially innerinwardly directed flanges 64 and 66 provided on plates 16 and 24.

As shown the radially inner outwardly extending inlet and outlet means22 and 3f) are internally and externally threaded, respectively, toprovide hose coupling means 68 and 70, respectively. Removably attachedto the coupling means 63 and 76 are closure members 72 whose transverseouter surfaces 7d and 76 lie in a plane subjacent or coincidental with aplane formed by the transverse peripheral surface of the radially outeroutwardly extending circumferential flanges 20 and 28. The container ofthis invention is particularly advantageous in that, because thetransverse outer surfaces 74 and 76 of closure memers 72 are eithercoplanar with or subjacent to the transverse surfaces of the radiallyouter outwardly extending circumferential flanges 20 and 28, morecontainers can be transported in a given space than devices of the samegeneral description known heretofore.

A still further embodiment of the invention is shown in FIGURES 9, andll whereinthe body member 10 comprises a unitary housing, the forwardportion provided with a plate 1d transverse to the longitudinal axis ofthe body member, said plate 16 also provided with radially outeroutwardly extending circumferential flange 2d and radially inneroutwardly extending inlet 22 concentric with said circumferential fiange20. Rib supports 78 are provided for the flange 2li. The rearwardportion of the body member 10 is provided with a plate 24 disposedtransversely to the longitudinal axis of the body member 10 and providedwith radially outer outwardly extending circumferential flange 28, alsoprovided with rib support members 78 as well as a radially inneroutwardly extending outlet means 30 concentric with said circumferentialflange.

The body member l0 provides an inner chamber in communication with inletmeans 22 and outlet means 30. Axially aligned within chamber 38 isperforated tube or screen 40 having forward and rearward perforatedsurfaces 80 and 82 to provide an annular chamber 42 and forward andrearward chamber 84 and 86. In this embodiment the tube 4f) is supportedby axially outer inwardly and outwardly directed shoulders d8 and 90,respectively, provided at the forward and rearward interior surfaces ofthe body member 10, respectively. Of course, if desired, the tube 40 canbe made integral with the body member 1li. Within the annular chamber 42there is, preferably, provided the water-soluble discrete particles offertilizers, disinfectants or insecticides. Closure members 72 can alsobe provided with this embodiment of the invention.

The container is prepared for use by removing the closure members 72 andcoupling the device into the hose line by screwing the inlet coupling 68into the hose coupling 78 and screwing the outlet coupling 70 into thecoupling 8l) of a conventional spray nozzle. When the flow of water isproperly established through the hose, the passage of water through thebody of the container tained therein so that the desired solution willbe discharged from the nozzle.

What is claimed is:

1. A container adapted for connection with ordinary garden hosecomprising: a cylindrical body member defining a chamber; said bodymember comprising a forward and rearward portion; said forward portioncomprising a first plate substantially transversely disposed to thelongitudinal axis of said body member and having a first radially outerflange member extending inwardly from said first plate and terminatingintermediate the ends of said body member; a first radially innerinwardly extending inlet means, said inlet means being internallythreaded to provide a first hose coupling means; said rearward portioncomprising a second plate substantially transversely disposed to thelongitudinal axis of said body member and having a second radially outerinwardly extending flange member engageable with said first radiallyouter inwardly extending flange member; a radially outer outwardlyextending circumferential flange member; a radially inner outwardlyextending outlet means, said outlet means being externally threaded toprovide a second hose coupling means, said circumferential flange memberextending outwardly from said second plate a distance at least equal tothe outward extent of said outlet means; said first coupling means beingsubtended by a frustoconical terminal member to provide a first supportmeans for a perforated cylindrical member defining with said body memberan annular chamber; said second plate provided with a radially innerinwardly extending flange member to provide a second support means forsaid perforated cylindrical member; and removably attached closure meansfor said first and second coupling means.

2. A container adapted for connection with ordinary garden hosecomprising: a cylindrical body member defining a chamber; said bodymember comprising a forward and rearward portion; said forward portioncomprising a first plate substantially transversely disposed to thelongitudinal axis of said body member, a first radially outer outwardlyextending circumferential flange member, a radially inner outwardlyextending inlet means, said inlet means being internally threaded toprovide a first hose coupling means, said first circumferential flangemember extending outwardly from said first plate a distance at leastequal the outward extent of said inlet means; said rearward portioncomprising a second plate substantially transversely disposed to thelongitudinal axis of said body member, a second radially outer outwardlyextending circumferential flange member, a radially inner outwardlyextending outlet means, said second circumferential flange memberextending outwardly from said second plate a distance at least equal tothe outward extent of said outlet means, said outlet means beingexternally threaded to provide a second hose coupling means; a firstpair of opposed inwardly facing shoulder members at the inner surface ofsaid cylindrical body adjacent the inner surface of said first plate; asecond pair of opposed inwardly facing shoulder members at said innersurface of said cylindrical body adjacent the inner surface of saidsecond plate, a perforated substantially cylindrical member having anaxial bore therethrough and being retainingly supported by said irst andsecond pairs of shoulder members, the axial bore of said perforatedcylindrical member being substantially axially aligned with said inletand outlet means.

3. The container of claim 2 including removably attached closure meansfor said first and second coupling means.

4. A container adapted for connection with ordinary garden hosecomprising: a cylindrical body member dening a chamber; said body membercomprising a forward and rearward portion; and forward portioncomprising a iirst plate substantially transversely disposed to thelongitudinal axis of said body member, a iirst radially outer outwardlyextending circumferential ange member, a radially inner outwardlyextending inlet means, said inlet means being internally threaded toprovide a iirst hose coupling means, said iirst circumferential ilangemember extending outwardly from said rst plate a distance at least equalthe outward extent of said inlet means; said rearward portion comprisinga second plate substantially transversely disposed to the longitudinalaxis of said body member, a second radially outer outwardly extendingcircumferential ange member, a radially inner outwardly extending outletmeans, said second circumferential flange member extending outwardlyfrom said second plate a distance at least equal to the outward extentof said outlet means, said outlet means being externally threaded toprovide a second hose coupling means; said rst plate provided with aradially inner inwardly extending flange member and said second plateprovided with a radially inner inwardly extending ange member, saidradially inner inwardly extending ange members together with saidcylindrical body member providing retaining means for water-solubletreatment material in the form of a hollow cylinder.

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3,255,691 6/1966 Schwartz et al. 137--268 XR M. CARY NELSON, PrimaryExaminer R. I. MILLER, Assistant Examiner

